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Wednesday, March 02, 2016

Thin-skinned Haredis attack Original Women of the Wall group

According to a statement issued by the group, a breakaway from the Women of the Wall, the prayers were “brutally disturbed” by several haredi Orthodox men and women.

“Over twenty women participated in this morning’s prayer as the group and other worshippers prayed uneventfully at the Kotel until a number of haredi women began screaming and attempting to push into the group, assaulting members of the group by violent shoving and grabbing arms,” the statement said. “Shouting and cursing, the attackers did not relent their assault until police arrived to protect the women’s prayer group.”

After removing the protesters, police remained in the area until the prayer service ended.

The Original Women of the Wall rejects the recent compromise for an egalitarian prayer plaza, and the group has said it will not leave the women’s section of the Western Wall once it is ready. It has begun to have services at the Western Wall on days other than Rosh Chodesh, as the Women of the Wall traditionally has done for more than 25 years.

I decidedly will not object to how this groups wants pray, no matter what I think of Reformism. And the Haredis who acted so nasty against a group that wasn't being violent did a huge disfavor to Judaism. I don't believe they really love their heritage either, and they should get their fat butts out of the country.

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